When I woke up this morning I realized that while I was off in Lala Painting World, the rest of my house had gone to hell in a hand basket (Do people still use this phrase? I mean besides me). I decided while everyone was still sleeping - at noon no less - I would start getting the house picked up.
My first act in cleaning was to gather up all 1200 pairs of shoes which were laying all over my house. In an effort to help the children, I put all the shoes into an empty laundry basket along with any of their belongings I came across. There they would wait until the children got up because after all, this isn't the Holiday Inn! Now that I think of it, I do believe my children think this is a hotel.
Anyone who has been to my house can tell you a great majority of the time my chalkboard reads, "This ain't no Holiday Inn..Pick up your belongings!" Still they leave their crap laying everywhere, like I am a maid service. As I was typing this I remembered the tag line for another hotel chain, "We'll leave a light on". Well heck yeah my kids will leave a light on for you....I can assure you that! It could be the sunniest day of the year, the sunlight blaring in and they will turn a light on where ever they go. I love kids!
By three o'clock everyone was up and about, Scott had made us breakfast (Don't you judge!) and we gathered up some things to take with us out to our land for the evening; ie; fishing poles, hot dogs, marshmallows, extra clothes, rain boots, paint (I forgot to mention in the last blog that is what actually started the O.D.D.), kids and of course, the kitchen sink. By the time we finally got to the land which is approximately 15 minutes from our house, it was around 4:30p.m. Scott immediately went to work finishing the painting on the roof of the shed. Michelle and I had painted the shed itself the week before in preparation for Scott's 40th birthday party. You see, the shed had some nasty words on it that someone had spray painted several years ago. If we were going to have a party there, something had to be done about the wordy dirds, right? Right, so we took care of it and yes, this is actually what started my downward spiral into O.D.D. - if you don't know what O.D.D. means, you need to read the previous blog Paint -Mmmmmkay?
Tonight at the land, I learned to use the John Deere Tractor and mowed the grass. I fear that someone is going to pick on me because while I was getting used to the tractor, I did a lot of crop circles! I just know my father-in-law or brother-in-law are going to go out there for something and see my tracks...and then the harassment will begin! Oh well, I got a lot of mowing done. Michelle and her two youngest kids also came out. Scott helped them fish because out of the six girls only one will put a worm on a hook or take a fish off a hook to throw it back. When I finally figured out how to stop the tractor, Michelle and I hung out for a bit, we walked around the land surveying for the party and hung up my latest GENIUS idea - Mason jar lanterns. I must say that this is one of my better ideas - they worked fabulously when it got dark.
In conclusion, today I learned that my kids think this is the Motel 8, how to ride a John Deere tractor, that Michelle is an awesome hot dog/marshmallow roaster and I am pretty sure my kids are drinking 5 hour energy drinks when I am not looking!
Sincerely,
The Queen of Insanity
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